At the event, John Lodge, spokesman for the group and their Independent candidate in the upcoming local elections said

“Uttlesford District Council is targeting the east of the Saffron Walden for nearly 1,000 new homes, which will gridlock many of the town’s roads. Uttlesford and Essex councils have singularly failed to plan, and so failed local residents. The current roadworks, which are causing horrendous gridlock, give residents a taste of how traffic will be once the new houses are built.”

The group delivered leaflets that highlighted the impact to the roads to drivers while they were stuck in the morning commuter and school traffic.